UN pushes for cross-border mobile money payments

The move is intended to facilitate interconnectivity between registered mobile money account owners within Kenya and across the continent. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A United Nations agency and the African Union (AU) are pushing for cross-border mobile money payments to boost electronic trade on the continent.

The AU has been piloting the use of a common payment system in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region and is scheduled to roll out the same across Africa by the end of this year.

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